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Summary: Pitt does excellent job as devil
Review: This movie captures your heart in ways unimaginable. One minute you hate it the next minute you will be crying at the emotional display from Hopkins and Pitt.I suggest this movie to anyone who is looking for a good movie that will fill your mind and fill an evening!
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Summary: One of the best movies I have ever seen.
Review: Brad Pitt is excellent in this film. The movie leaves enough to the mind and imagination that you don't feel like a child they are explaining everything to. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is in the mood to watch something that really makes them think.
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Summary: Clair Forlani and Brad Pitt are great actors in this movie!
Review: I seriously LOVED this movie, Meet Joe Black was so entertaining, I dont think you can see it just once!! This was such a great love story, I cried at the end.....Clair Forlani and Brad Pitt seem to work so great together!!
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Summary: the best movie i've ever seen...... very touching.
Review: This is the best movie I've ever seen. I love it
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Summary: Now one of my top five favorite movies.
Review: Wow, what a surprise! I usually watch action movies such as Aramgeddon, Bad Boys, Strange Days, and Star Wars, so I had absolutely no interest in watching this film. My mom kept telling me how great it was, so when she said she had watched it three times in two weeks, I knew there had to be something to it. Let me tell you, I was hooked right from the beginning, and captivated until the very end.This movie makes you remember that it is the people you love that make life worthwhile. I thought about my deceased grandfather, and my former wife in particular. But it only made me recall all the good, happy times with them, and jsut kind of reminded me of what is important in life. It's really hard to describe this film, and explain what it is that enamored me, but all I can say is JUST WATCH IT. I think the reason this movie did poorly at the theater is because the trailer does not portray accurately what it is about. After watching the film, I watched the trailer on the DVD, and said, "That is not the movie I just watched."
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Summary: Beautiful and romantic
Review: Everything about this movie is beautiful, not the least of which, is Brad Pitt. There was more than one scene where he literally took my breath away. The romance is so subtle like the old time movies, the love scene was elegant.
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Summary: Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins were wonderful!
Review: The acting portrayed in this movie is 5-star quality. I wasn't a big fan of Brad Pitt's until I saw this movie. The difference in the two characters he played was awesome! First he plays this cute bubbly guy, and then he plays Death! Anyone who can make that kind of transition is an actor for sure. And ,of course, another great for Anthony Hopkins. Somebody stop him! He just keeps on starring in great movies.
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Summary: A Great Movie, And Yes That Does Include Brad Pitt!
Review: I am astonished at the number of reviews for this movie, it clearly made a great impact on a lot of people, including me. Yes yes, I heard all the negative reviews from critics last year, I know it bombed at the box office, and romances are not top of my list as film choices go. I remained open minded, however, as I have enjoyed the vast majority of BOTH leading actors work. As it turned out, I will be honest and say I had trouble getting into it...for the first ten minutes! Why? I felt Anthony Hopkins was not totally convincing me, but after this initial uncertainty he suddenly found his form and maintained it throughout the remainder of the film. What a great film too. I was expecting to be entertained by Hopkins and Brad Pitt, but this film just got better and better for many additional reasons. The supporting cast were uniformly excellent, the story of Death (Pitt) deciding to take human form on Earth, (to experience life, love, and peanut butter), entertaining, and at times gently amusing, the love aspect between him and Hopkins' daughter not at all sickly, (though I do wish Ms. Forlani had tried to widen her range of facial expressions!), but best of all some of the dialogue, which really drew me in and was quite emotionally rewarding (and really hit home personally a couple of times), leading to a final forty five minutes or so where I was totally bound up in the situation, which was so cleverly resolved, when it had seemed impossible to do so! To the lovers of this movie, (the majority of which I sincerely doubt are silly teenagers who adore Brad Pitt and nothing else), I am glad you gave it a chance to shine. To the critics, (reading some of the reviews here was almost as entertaining as the movie...hmmm...maybe not!), I was very disappointed in your lack of reasoning. There is no getting away from the fact that Brad Pitt is an attractive man, why does this make people jealous enough that they accuse his acting of being sub-standard? You all go on about poor Mr. Hopkins being embroiled in a nonsense film way below his talents, with Pitt the main protagonist in this offence, infact both are excellent parts of a fulfilling whole. One reviewer did make a worthy remark, that saying 'patience will be rewarded' is tantamount to saying 'survive the dross and you'll love the ending', where infact the whole film must be rewarding to adulate it. However they chose the wrong film to attach such a statement to, as clearly it is extremely rewarding throughout. Finally as to length at three hours. I don't argue that the film HAD to last that duration, what I do say is that it does not matter that it did. It is rediculous to say the film was boring because it was so long. If you didn't find the story compelling I doubt any amount of editing would have lead you to enjoy it. I do know that a majority of people find a two hour film about all they can endure. Even a smash hit like Independence Day, at forty minutes LESS than 'Meet Joe Black', was considered overlong by a lot of my friends,(I felt it could have been a little longer). If you love a film why do you want it to end? To the reviewer who feels sorry for me and others for giving this film five stars, when it is their opinion c**p, your two line critique indicates your lack of genuine opinion, or maybe, as with the film, you just like to get things over quickly! To others with open minds, take a chance here and you'll be amply rewarded
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Summary: The Truth! Can you handle it!
Review: No matter how great and special something is. There always seems to be a few people that have nothing to do but be negative. Maybe they are jealous or just don't have a life. Figure it out! But if you look at all the reviews. There seems to be a hell lot more positive comments than negative ones. The truth is majority over rules. Don't you agree!
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Summary: WOW - what a movie. It's spellbinding.
Review: After purchasing this movie, started watching it on my notebook computer DVD player wearing headphones. I knew it was a 3 hour movie so figured I would just start it to get an idea what it was like. It was mesmerizing! Right away it's spooky when Hopkins hears voices. Then there's that wonderful scene with Susan talking with the stranger in the coffee shop that has got to make movie history! Later at dinner Hopkins hears more voices and who should show up but DEATH himself. Too weird. Then Susan sees the stranger (Joe Black) at dinner and Hopkins realizes that "Joe" (death) has been talking with his daughter. Very eerie. Well I couldn't stop watching the movie. After 1AM, I finally had to plug in the battery charger on the computer. I finished the movie well after 1:30 in the morning. I told my wife about it and we watched it on the TV the next night. We both loved it! The scenes are so captivating with the music and the beautiful surroundings. The drama continues to play one card after the next for each scene. It's like a great book. You just can't put it down, wondering what will happen next. I didn't expect a romance to be so intriging or a drama to be so romantic. Performances are excellent by all the main and supporting actors. In relatively little time (a period of 3 days) Susan and Joe are furiously in love and Hopkins is just furious. I'll say no more. Ya gotta see this one.
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